| One reason why archers' releases go wrong is they think about releasing the string. Once you start to think about letting go, you do it deliberately and that is just too slow. The string catches the fingers and they get sore. If the release happens, as if on its own, the fingers just relax, the string pushes past the soft fingers and little damage is done.
To keep your thoughts away from the fingers requires a little practice at thinking about something else.
Thinking about the drawing elbow can help. As you reach full draw, the elbow movement slows down almost to a stop. While still pulling the elbow round into line, imagine it setting off quickly.(because the string has broken, perhaps; or it was slippery and you couldn't hold it properly)
Once you start getting the elbow to move suddenly, using an idea like the ones I mentioned, you will find the release seems to be working on its own. |